~~UNITED~~United ~~STATES~~States ~~SECURITIES~~Securities ~~AND~~and ~~EXCHANGE~~Exchange ~~COMMISSION~~Commission

~~WASHINGTON~~Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

~~CURRENT~~Current ~~REPORT~~Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) ~~July~~August 1410, 2010

GENERAL NUTRITION CENTERS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Delaware	333-144396	72-1575168

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


300 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		15222

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (412) 288-4600

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5 2.02 ~~Departure~~Results of ~~Directors~~Operations orand ~~Certain~~Financial ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Condition.

~~(d)~~ On August ~~Election~~10, 2010, the Registrant issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. The text of ~~Director~~the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

OnThe ~~July 14,~~information ~~2010~~disclosed ~~(the~~under ~~“Election~~this ~~Date”)~~Item 2.02, ~~the~~including ~~Boards~~Exhibit 99.1 ofhereto, ~~Directors~~is ~~(the~~being furnished ~~“Boards”)~~and ofshall ~~GNC Acquisition~~not ~~Holdings~~be ~~Inc.~~deemed (“~~Holdings~~filed”), ~~GNC~~for ~~Corporation~~purposes ~~(“GNC~~of ~~Corp.”)~~Section 18 ~~and~~of ~~General~~the ~~Nutrition~~Securities Exchange Act ~~Centers,~~of ~~Inc.~~1934 ~~(together~~and ~~with~~shall ~~Holdings~~not ~~and~~be ~~GNC~~deemed ~~Corp.,~~incorporated ~~“GNC”)~~by ~~elected~~reference ~~Richard~~into ~~Wallace~~any tofiling ~~each~~made ofunder the Securities ~~Boards~~Act of ~~GNC.~~1933, Inexcept ~~connection with his service~~ as aexpressly ~~director~~set offorth ~~GNC,~~by ~~Mr. Wallace~~specific ~~will~~reference ~~receive a salary~~ in ~~the~~such ~~annual amount of $40,000~~filing.

~~Also,~~The onpress ~~the~~release ~~Election~~contains ~~Date,~~certain ~~the Compensation Committee of Holdings granted Mr. Wallace 17,500~~ non-~~qualified~~GAAP ~~stock~~financial ~~options~~measures ~~(“Options”)~~within tothe ~~purchase~~meaning ~~shares~~ of ~~Class A common stock of Holdings, par~~the ~~value~~Securities ~~$0.001~~and ~~(the~~Exchange ~~“Common~~Commission’s ~~Stock”)~~Regulation G, atnamely anEBITDA ~~exercise price of $11.09 per share,~~ and ~~17,500~~adjusted ~~Options to purchase shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $16~~EBITDA.63 ~~per share. The Options (i) have a~~Management ~~term~~has ofincluded ~~ten~~this ~~years~~information ~~from~~in the ~~Election~~press ~~Date,~~release ~~(ii) become~~because ~~vested~~it ~~and~~believes ~~exercisable~~it inrepresents ~~five~~a ~~equal~~more ~~installments~~effective onmeans ~~each~~by ~~anniversary~~which ofto measure the ~~Election~~Registrant’s ~~Date,~~operating ~~subject to Mr~~performance. ~~Wallace’s~~ ~~continued~~The ~~service~~press release ascontains a ~~director~~reconciliation of ~~GNC from~~ the ~~Election~~non-GAAP ~~Date~~measure ~~until~~to the ~~applicable~~financial ~~vesting~~measure ~~date,~~calculated and ~~(iii) are~~presented ~~otherwise~~in ~~subject~~accordance towith ~~the~~GAAP ~~terms~~which ofis ~~Holdings’~~most ~~2007~~directly ~~Stock~~comparable ~~Incentive~~to ~~Plan and a stock option agreement in~~ the ~~form~~applicable ~~previously~~non-GAAP ~~approved by the Board of Holdings~~financial measure.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits:


Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release, dated August 10, 2010

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: ~~July~~August 1610, 2010


	GENERAL NUTRITION CENTERS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Gerald J. Stubenhofer, Jr.
		Gerald J. Stubenhofer, Jr.
		Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Exhibit Index


Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release, dated August 10, 2010

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